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Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

Six hundred and eighty-four new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced the figure on Friday.<\/p>\n

NCDC said Lagos State recorded 259 cases, while Oyo State followed with 76 cases.<\/p>\n

Nigeria now has a total of 23,298 confirmed cases and 554 deaths.<\/p>\n

The tweet reads, \u201c684 new cases of COVID19Nigeria;<\/p>\n

Lagos-259
\nOyo-76
\nKatsina-69
\nDelta-66
\nRivers-46
\nOgun-23
\nEdo-22
\nOsun-22
\nEbonyi-21
\nFCT-20
\nKaduna-16
\nOndo-10
\nImo-9
\nAbia-9
\nGombe-5
\nPlateau-4
\nBauchi-4
\nEkiti-2
\nAnambra-1<\/p>\n

\u201c23,298 confirmed cases, 8,253 patients have been discharged with 554 deaths recorded.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa Press-Nigeria: Six hundred and eighty-four new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced the figure on Friday. NCDC said Lagos State recorded 259 cases, while Oyo State followed with 76 cases. Nigeria now has a total of 23,298 confirmed cases and 554 deaths. 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